Department of Mechanical Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)
(Ref. 260818002)
[Appointment period: twelve months]
Duties
The appointee will assist the project leader in the research project - “Assessing sports footwear microclimate and aerodynamics: An advanced integrated platform”.
Qualifications
For the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, applicants should have a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering or Marine Engineering or an equivalent qualification and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.
For the post of Research Associate, applicants should have a master’s degree or a good honours degree, in the aforesaid disciplines with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
For the post of Research Assistant, applicants should have an honours degree in the aforesaid disciplines or an equivalent qualification.
For all posts, applicants should have experience in conducting research in wind-tunnel experiments.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. H. Tang at telephone number 2766 7815 or via email at h.tang@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointments, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointments, the remuneration rates are HK$385 per hour for the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, HK$181 per hour for the post of Research Associate and HK$125 per hour for the post of Research Assistant.
Consideration of applications will commence on 25 August 2026 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 18 August 2026